Birth of a Holy Knight

Birth of a Holy Knight (Japanese: 聖騎士誕生 Birth of a Holy Knight) is the prologue chapter of Fire Emblem: Genealogy of the Holy War. The chapter chronicles the short-lived Verdane invasion of a relatively defenseless Grannvale, Sigurd's movement to defend Yngvi and rescue its Lady Edain, his rise as a Holy Knight of Grannvale, and the beginning of his slow descent into a grave predicament.

Birth of a Holy Knight

Location South-eastern Grannvale (Chalphy, Yngvi) New units Sigurd, Naoise, Alec, Arden, Azelle, Lex, Quan, Finn, Ethlyn, Midir Boss(es) DiMaggio, Gerrard

Plot

Main article: Birth of a Holy Knight/Script

While the bulk of the armies of Grannvale are off to war in Isaach, the country itself is largely undefended. Grannvale's former ally Verdane takes advantage of this in a surprise assault led by Prince Munnir, storming the country and assaulting the dukedom of Yngvi. In response to this news and the threat facing Yngvi's Lady Edain, neighboring Chalphy's Lord Sigurd convenes what few knights remain in Chalphy to depart to aid Edain. As the fight passes, others arrive to support him - first Azelle of Velthomer and Lex of Dozel, both against the wishes of their family, then Quan, Ethlyn and Finn of Leonster. Meanwhile, at Yngvi, Midir of the Yngvi knights is gravely wounded by Munnir in attempting to protect Edain, allowing the Verdane forces to seize the castle. Munnir takes Edain back with him to Yngvi, leaving DiMaggio in charge of the Grannvale effort.

Upon reclaiming Yngvi, Sigurd finds Midir, who informs him of Edain's capture and volunteers to assist despite his injury. Meanwhile, at Evans Castle on the other side of the border, Gerrard of the Verdane army learns of Dimaggio's failure and orders that the bridge across the Jun River be restored, and that the remaining forces move in. At this time, Duke Arvis of Velthomer arrives from the north to observe the situation; he finds Sigurd and entrusts him with a Silver Sword, a gift from King Azmur, then departs. Sigurd eventually seizes Evans Castle; finding Edain was not there, he establishes a headquarters there and prepares to sortie directly into Verdane to find her. Filat arrives as a messenger arrives from Belhalla, delivering the news that Sigurd had been appointed a Holy Knight of Grannvale for his efforts and commissioning him to guard the Verdane border.

Chapter data

Chapter Data
Conditions	Unit Data
Victory: Seize Evans Defeat: Sigurd dies or Chalphy Castle is seized	Player: 4+6 Partner: 1+1-2 Other: 0 Enemy: 32+15-1
Chapter Map
Map dimensions: 62 columns by 62 rows

style="Template:Round; background-color: #232855; border:1px solid #b0b0b0" colspan="7" | Combatants and Castles
style="Template:Roundtl; border:1px solid #b0b0b0; background-color:#232855" | Army	Commander	Affiliation	Units	Castles	Guardian	style="Template:Roundtr; border:1px solid #b0b0b0; background-color:#232855" | Notes
Sigurd's	Sigurd	Player	4	Chalphy	Arden	Home castle
Evans	Munnir*/ Gerrard	Enemy	32+15	Evans	Gerrard	Main objective
				Yngvi	DiMaggio	• Seized by Munnir on turn 1; DiMaggio then becomes the guardian. • Once seized by Sigurd, the west bridge will be lowered and 15 additional units will appear from Evans
Yngvi	Midir	Partner	1		Midir
style="Template:Roundbl; border:1px solid #b0b0b0; background-color:#232855" | --	Arvis	Partner	1	--	--	style="Template:Roundbr; border:1px solid #b0b0b0; background-color:#232855" | • Appears once Sigurd seizes Yngvi. • Does not have a faction, castle, or phase, and moves at the end of Evans Phase.

Character data

Characters
New units
Sigurd Knight Lord HP 33 Inventory -- Level 5 Automatically from the start Naoise Cavalier HP 33 Inventory -- Level 3 Automatically from the start Alec Cavalier HP 32 Inventory -- Level 2 Automatically from the start Arden Armored Sword HP 36 Inventory -- Level 3 Automatically from the start Azelle Mage HP 30 Inventory -- Level 1 Automatically from turn 2 Lex Axe Knight HP 33 Inventory -- Level 4 Automatically from turn 2 Quan Duke Knight HP 34 Inventory -- Level 4 Automatically from turn 3 Finn Lance Knight HP 32 Inventory -- Level 1 Automatically from turn 3 Ethlyn Troubadour HP 28 Inventory -- Level 1 Automatically from turn 3 Midir Arch Knight HP 32 Inventory -- Level 2 Automatically when Yngvi is seized
Available characters
None

Item data

Items

Name Obtainment Method Speed Ring Village, south of Yngvi Castle Silver Sword Talk to Arvis with Sigurd

Event data

Events

Initiator Recipient Criteria Reward Azelle Sigurd -- -- Lex Sigurd -- -- Quan Sigurd -- -- Ethlyn Sigurd -- -- Sigurd Arvis* -- Silver Sword for Sigurd

Unit data

Evans

Enemy Units

Name Class Lv # Inventory and Skills Notes Verdane Barbarian 1 14 Iron Axe -- Verdane Barbarian 10 4 Hand Axe -- Verdane Hunter 1 3 Iron Bow -- Verdane Brigand 1 5 Iron Axe Prioritizes raiding villages. Verdane Barbarian 5 3 Iron Axe Authority: DiMaggio Does not move until Yngvi is seized. File:Ma snes02 fighter enemy.gif DiMaggio Fighter 10 1 Steel Axe Authority: ★ Does not move; guards Yngvi Castle after Munnir seizes it. File:Ma snes02 fighter enemy.gif Gerrard Fighter 20 1 Steel Axe • Hand Axe Authority: ★★ Does not move; guards Evans castle. Munnir Warrior 20 1 Hand Axe • Skill Ring* Authority: ★★ Seizes Yngvi Castle and leaves the map in a scripted story event on turn 1.

Reinforcements

Name Class Lv # Inventory and Skills Notes Verdane Barbarian 5 8 Iron Axe -- Verdane Hunter 5 5 Iron Bow -- Verdane Barbarian 10 2 Hand Axe Authority: Gerrard

Reinforcements

Once Yngvi has been seized, 10 Barbarians and 5 Hunters emerge from Evans Castle.

Yngvi

Partner Units

Name Class Lv # Inventory and Skills Notes Midir Arch Knight 2 1 Iron Bow Follow-Up • Accost Guards Yngvi Castle; defeated in a scripted story event on turn 1.

Reinforcements

Name Class Lv # Inventory and Skills Notes

Arvis

Partner Units

Name Class Lv # Inventory and Skills Notes Arvis Sage 25 1 Valflame • Recover Ring Adept • Nihil Moves towards Sigurd and talks to him, then leaves upon doing so.

Reinforcements

Name Class Lv # Inventory and Skills Notes

Major units

Evans

Main article: DiMaggio

File:Ma snes02 fighter enemy.gif Fighter Level 10 Holy Blood -- Movement 6 Authority ★

Stats Max HP 45 Speed 13 Strength 11 Luck 0 Magic 0 Defense 11 Skill 6 Resistance 1

Inventory Skills Steel Axe 2,000 Gold -- Weapon Levels -- -- A -- -- -- -- -- -- --

• DiMaggio is the guardian of Yngvi Castle and a sub-boss affiliated with Evans.

Main article: Gerrard

File:Ma snes02 fighter enemy.gif Fighter Level 20 Holy Blood -- Movement 6 Authority ★★

Stats Max HP 55 Speed 16 Strength 14 Luck 0 Magic 0 Defense 14 Skill 9 Resistance 2

Inventory Skills Steel Axe Hand Axe 2,000 Gold -- Weapon Levels -- -- A -- -- -- -- -- -- --

• Gerrard is the guardian of Evans Castle, and the boss of Evans after Munnir leaves.

Main article: Munnir

File:Portrait gandolf fe04.png Warrior Level 20 Holy Blood -- Movement 6 Authority ★★

Stats Max HP 60 Speed 18 Strength 17 Luck 0 Magic 0 Defense 16 Skill 11+5 Resistance 5

Inventory Skills Hand Axe Skill Ring 3,000 Gold -- Weapon Levels -- -- A B -- -- -- -- -- --

• Munnir is only present in the chapter for the first turn. He departs after a cutscene where he defeats Midir at Yngvi, and as such is unfought.

Yngvi

Main article: Midir

Arch Knight Level 2 Holy Blood -- Movement 8 Authority --

Stats Max HP 32 Speed 9 Strength 9 Luck 3 Magic 0 Defense 7 Skill 7 Resistance 0

Inventory Skills Iron Bow Follow-Up Accost Weapon Levels -- -- -- B -- -- -- -- -- --

• Midir is the guardian of Yngvi Castle and boss of Yngvi before being defeated by Munnir in a cutscene.

Arvis

Main article: Arvis

Sage Level 25 Holy Blood Movement 6 Authority ★★★★★

Stats Max HP 60 Speed 30 Strength 15 Luck 0 Magic 30+10 Defense 8+10 Skill 27 Resistance 22+10

Inventory Skills Valflame Recover Ring 5,000 Gold Adept Nihil Weapon Levels -- -- -- -- B ★ B B B --

• Arvis appears on the turn after Yngvi Castle has been seized, and departs after Sigurd talks to him. He will actively seek out Sigurd and will only attack enemies which get in his way.

Strategy

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Etymology and other languages

Names, etymology, and in other regions
Language	Name	Definition, etymology, and notes
English	Birth of a Holy Knight	As of Fire Emblem Heroes. "Holy Knight" is the title of Sigurd, and also that of his Crusader ancestor Baldr. It is additionally the term for the Paladin class used in dialogue.
English (unofficial)	• Birth of the Holy Knight • Birth of a Crusader	• Used in earlier fan translations; "Holy Knight" also features as Sigurd's epithet in Fire Emblem Heroes, with the Japanese version using the same kanji as is used in this chapter's title. • Used in the Project Naga fan translation.

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